US Nabs Sub Carrying $200M of Cocaine [Video]

 

The Customs and Border Protection air crew from Corpus Christi was involved in the arrest of four people aboard a mini-submarine headed for the U.S. that authorities say was carrying 5.5 tons of cocaine worth nearly $200 million.

 

The seizure occurred March 3 in the Pacific Ocean off the Central American coast. Customs officials had spotted the vessel from a plane. A video of theinterdiction is available here.

 

“It was painted blue to make it difficult for our guys to track it from the sky, but we have a lot of training doing this,” said Customs spokeswoman Yolanda Choates.

 

The drug vessel, described by officials this week as self-propelled and semi-submersible, became unstable and sank — as did the cocaine.

 

The US coast guard has released a video of a raid on the semi-submersible vessel. 

 

This isn’t the first time officials have lost drugs they intercepted. In August last year, the Coast Guard lost 4,000 pounds of cocaine after making a huge bust off the California coast.